Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Playing around with gouache

Monday’s art class was all about creative ways to use gouache [goo-osh] with other water media [acrylic and watercolour]. This little [7 1/2” x 10”] study began with a bright watercolor wash in yellow, orange, & reds over the top 2/3 of the page. We added a bit of cooler color on the bottom 1/3 of the paper which would later become our land. After that dried we mixed up white gouache with blue watercolors into a juicy, thick puddle and used it to paint around some tree forms. What a fun way to paint… I say that all the time… ALL painting is fun!

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About Me

I began a passionate pursuit of art in 2005 after a career as a financial analyst [CMA]. No longer able to work due to chronic pain, I sought out art as a pastime, much like Winston Churchill who took up painting after leaving the Admiralty in 1915. In Painting as a Pastime, Mr Churchill says
“how varied are the delights which may be gained by those who enter hopefully and thoughtfully upon the pathway of painting; how enriched they will be in their daily vision, how fortified in their independence, how happy in their leisure.”
Creating art refocused me on life’s joys and simple pleasures - no other treatment or activity has been as healing as taking up my paint brush.
A painting session might be meditative, prayerful or playful – but the journey itself is healing.